Batter-measuring machine



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Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

UNITED s'rras "PA T OFFICE.

BATTER-MEASURING MACHINE.

Application filed October 13, 1926. SerialINo. 141,314.

1 rapidly and efliciently discharging the desired amount of batter, irrespective of the degree of viscosity of said batter.

Broadly stated, the invention comprises a measuring instrumentality, capable of both rotary and endwise movement, the rotary movement being utilized to fill the pockets of the member with the batter and the endwise movement being utilized to squeeze the batter through discharge orifices.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of a batter measuring and discharging apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view partly in endelevation and partly in transverse section.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the mechanism for imparting endwise movements to the measuring elements. 7

Fig. 5 is a detail view upon an enlarged scale, illustrating one of the ejecting plungers hereinafter described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

The device of the present invention comprises a hopper 5, shaped at its bottom to provide longitudinally extending bosses 6, which are bored for the reception of tubular elements 7. The tubular elements are spanned by a plurality of partitions 8, which divide the interiors of said tubular elements into pockets 9. Rotation may be imparted to the tubular elements, hereinafter referred to as tubes, by means of an operating handle 10 which is pivoted at 11 to a bracket 12. The bracket is secured by screws 13 to the face of a spur gear wheel 14, said gear wheel being mounted upon one of the tubes and meshing with a companion spur gear wheel 15, which is mounted upon the other of said tubes. Thus, if the handle be turned, rotation will be imparted to the two tubes in unison and when the rotation has been such as to bring openings 16 in the tops of the tubes, upwardly, the pockets 9 will be filled with batter from the hopper 5.

By then turning the handle 10 through 180, the openings in the'tops of the tubes will be brought out of alignment with the openings 16 in the'bottom of the hopper and thebatter will be trapped in the pockets as far as thehopper is concerned, though the openings 16 will then have been brought into communication with the discharge nipples 17. The operating handle'is then pulled outwardly which causes its lower end to move inwardly. The lower end of the opcrating handle is provided with the rounded projection 18, which fits in a recess 19 of a block 20 and this block 20 is carried by one end of a rod 21, which has slidable move ment through the corresponding tube 7 This rod carries a plurality of pistons 22, there being one of said pistons for each of the pockets and when the handle is pulled outwardly, these pistons are caused to move inwardly to constrict the area of the pockets and to eject the'batter through the discharge nipples. The rod 21 is connected by a block 23 with a corresponding rod 21 operating in the companion tube and serving the same function in said companion tube that the rod 21 servesv in the tube that is aligned with the handle. Block 23 carries an adjusting screw 24 adapted to abut against the end of the hopper and provided with a lock nut 25. By adjustment of this screw the degree of throw of the plungers may be varied and the amount of batter fed from the discharge nipples may be controlled. It is important in the baking of certain pastry products to have the quantity of batter very exactly measured. Otherwise an'inferior product is produced and excessive waste. caused. This machine measures the exact quantity of batter that is required to make a cone for ice cream cones, or any other pastry product which is baked in a mold and for which a certain exact quantity of batter is required. By the use of this machine the waste in all mold made pastry products will be eliminated.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but that it includes within its purview whatever changes fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claims.

Having described our invention vwhat we claim is:

1. A mechanism of the character described comprising a hopper, a tubular element associated therewith and having openings formed l1 aI I. ll,e imparts endwise movement to the plungers and the rod.

' 2. A structure of the character described comprising a plurality of tubular elements associatedtherewith, an operating handle, conn ctions between said operating handle and, said tubular elements for causing them to rotate in unison, a pair of rods passing through said tubular elements, plungers carried) by said rods, means for causing said rods to, move together and an operating handle for imparting turning movement to said tubular elements and for in'lparting endwise movement to said rods and plungers.

3. A device of the character described comprising a hopper, a plurality of tubular elements extending longitudinally therebeneath and having openings formed in one side thereof adapted to be brought into communication with said hopper when moved to a. given posit-ion, inter-meshing gearing carried by said tubular elements to cause them to rotate together,-d1scharge nipples wlth which the openings of the tubular elements are brought into communication when said tubular elements are turned to a given position, partitions for dividing the interiors of said tubular elements into pockets, plungers movable into said pockets, longitudinally movable rods by which said plungers are carried, means for connecting said rods to cause them to move together and an operating handle pivoted intermediate its ends and serving, when turned bodily, to impart rotation to the tubular elements and serving,

when rocked upon its pivot, to impart endwise movement to said rods and pl'ungers.

4. A structure as recited in claim 2 in combination with an adjustable stop for limiting' the'endwise movement of said rods in one direction.

5. A structure of the character described comprising a hopper, a plurality of tubular elements extending longitudinally therethrough, an operating handle, connections between said operating. handle and said tubular elements for causing them to rotate in unison, apair of rods passing through said tubular elements, plungers carriedby said rods, a transverse connection extending between said rods to cause them to move to ing connected to one of said rods in such manner that movement of the handle, axially 01. the rods, imparts endwise movement to the rods. 7 a

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

GIUSEPPE GERACE. JOSEPH V. W EAVER. 

